Two Napoleons Crossing the Alps

Details

PETER SAUL (B. 1934)
Two Napoleons Crossing the Alps
signed and dated 'SAUL '15' (lower left)
acrylic on canvas
203.2 x 177.8 cm. (80 x 70 in.)
Painted in 2015

Provenance

Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
Private Collection
Anon. sale; Phillip’s, New York, 16 May 2018, lot 323
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Peter Saul: Six Classics, November-December 2015.

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Lot Essay

"I like to think that I’m giving the viewer a lot to look at. Contemporary art doesn’t like to give all that much, you know? But I think I do—I put a lot in for a hand-painted picture. And I try not to make art for the “educated” few. I treat all my viewers the same." - Peter Saul

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